telephotography

telephotography
n. the photographing of distant objects with a system of lenses giving a large image.

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noun
1. transmission and reproduction of photographs and charts and pictures over a distance
• Hypernyms: ↑transmission, ↑transmittal, ↑transmitting
• Hyponyms: ↑radiophotography
2. photography using a telephoto lens
• Hypernyms: ↑photography, ↑picture taking

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\\|telə+\ noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary tel- (I) + photography
2. : the photography of distant objects in more enlarged form than is possible by the ordinary means usually by a camera provided with a telephoto lens or mounted in place of the eyepiece of a telescope so that the real or a magnified image falls on the sensitive plate

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—telephotographic /tel'euh foh'teuh graf"ik/, adj.
/tel'euh feuh tog"reuh fee/, n.
photography of distant objects, using a telephoto lens.
[1880-85; TELE-1 + PHOTOGRAPHY]

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telephotography /tel-i-fə-togˈrə-fi/
noun
1. Photography of distant objects by means of suitable lenses
2. Phototelegraphy (non-standard)
ORIGIN: ↑tele- (1)
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telephoˈtograph noun
telephotographˈic adjective

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